Tow Truck: Doing It Wrong
Submitted By: Felicia O
Favorite Comment: Fixer dono1 says, “Well, it *does* have a car-go bed.”
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But at least he remembered to tie a red rag on the end, for safety purposes.
“I just found it on the side of the road! I can’t believe somebody would throw out something like this.”
This is the LAST time I ever help you move!!! Lifting a sofa bed is one thing but this is ridiculous
Considering that they were too cheap to hire a tow truck, I wonder what they used to get it into the pickup. “Okay, everyone lift on 3. And don’t scratch my truck!…”
I like the red towel tied to the end. Just in case someone didn’t see the empty shell sticking out the back of the truck.
holy CRAP!
That’s just amazing. I wonder what kinds of vehicles those are. Almost looks to me like that’s an S-10 hauling a Chevette.
Well, it *does* have a car-go bed.
Damn you dono1. You are the master.
“I tol-ja she’d fit…”
Some people take recycling too far.
“I can explain officer – I needed the spare parts and there was no other way to get them.”
Shh, quiet folks. You are witnessing the rare hatchback-pickup truck mating. Few have ever seen this event in occur naturally. Watch as the hatchback mounts the pickup from behind.
But what will the offspring be?
this;
http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/resources/2008/02/Subaru_Brat_Ad.jpg
and how long is gestation? and are they singles? or will there be a litter of them???
What it would look like if M.C. Escher designed vehicles.
I am surprised that the pickup is not doing a wheelie. I am not one to cry photoshop but this looks really weird. Maybe it is an inflatable movie prop and not a real car? It doesn’t look like it weighs at all.
Well the main weight of the “towed” car comes from its engine block, which is well forward into the truck bed, so the overall center of balance hasn’t been moved too far back. Dunno how they GOT it there, but it should be stable enough (until/unless somebody starts it up & actually tries to drive).
It looks like just the body, without most of the mechanicals or even the interior fittings. If that’s the case, it may weigh significantly less than a thousand pounds.
Looks like it just got painted. The door post is completely perfectly white. So it got painted after the doors were removed. Oddly, there is still the rubber seal around the opening for the hatch, or perhaps they reinstalled it.
I assume this car body is going to get radically non-standard guts. There is a class of racing which uses normal car body exteriors, but requires a tube frame for safety. It is either that, or the body is destined to be used in an art project. Perhaps it will be installed on the side of a restaurant.
must be one strong tow truck driver hahah
There be a smallest hill in this truck’s way, there is gonna be a “sudden frontal traction loss” trouble.
In his defense, that does look like a professional tow strap.
That red thing in the back might be the rear tail-light of that car dangling like a wire. But hey, it’s kinda like a red flag!
When does anybody think of this as an alternative to tripple A? And how’d they get the car like that?
‘Just in case it rolls on it’s side, it can keep going, guarenteed!’
Well, it could be worse. Instead of straps the guy in the pickup could have got one of his friends to stand on the cargo bed and hold the car on…
That is clearly a car that has been professionally stripped. The carcass has either just been bought or is getting ready to be placed back on the street for the authorities to find.
“I asked my dad for a piggy back ride and we went and did this…”
Look att he bright side… there’s no guy holding it on to the back.
He’s on the other side.
That’s what I was thinking. How do they convince their friends to do crap like this?
Scrimping on the $20 dollar delivery fee again.
Take a close look, and you’ll notice the truck is parked on scales, so the carcass(get it “car”cass. jeez, I crack myself up!) is most likely being sold as scrap. The shell looks pretty empty, so a few strong guys would have no problem sliding it in to the bed and holding it until it was secured. This is an awesome low buck kludge, and a money maker to boot! WIN!!
Damnit! Did the hatch just fly off on the last turn?
If you see this vehicle going up a steep hill, turn away. That car’s gonna come after you.
Looks like a redneck taking home a new lawn ornament.
Uh-h-h, that’s a “lawn dart” he’s takin’ home…
The economic downturn has hit car companies the hardest. In an effort to turn higher profits, some dealers are offering a half car free with the purchase of every used truck, “It’s a deal and a half” they say.
The guy does towing on the side.
“Necessity can be a mother…”